Clin.
Prof. Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn,
M.D., President of Mahidol
University stated that Mahidol
University ranked 1st
among Thai universities
and ranked 30th
in the Asia region in QS
Asian Universities Ranking
2009. Quacquarelli Symonds
Ltd. (QS) is the organizer
of the ranking. The ranking
came from five criteria,
which include Asian academic
peer review 30%, Asian employer
review 10%, student/faculty
ratio 20%, bibliometrics
– papers per faculty and
citations per paper 30%,
international factors 10%
(international faculty /
international students /
inbound exchange students
and outbound exchange students).

From
the ranking, four public
universities from Thailand
ranked in top 100 Asian
Universities: Mahidol Univesity
ranked 30th,
Chulalongkorn University
ranked 35th,
Chiang Mai University ranked
81st, and Thammasat
University ranked 84th.